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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. Like others have mentioned, the main characters are quite nasty. However, there is love that cannot be altered in spite of the nastiness.
"He is more myself than I am. Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same. " Easily became one of my favorite quotes of all time. Along with: "If he loved with all the powers in his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years, as I could in a day." Such a deep, unwavering love. Profound. I think this is why I was still able to like Heathcliff in spite of his horrible and nasty personality and Catherine, in spite of her fickleness and brattiness.
I enjoy reading books from this time because I like imagining life then. It is amazing how people have always been fickle about love and companionship. Time has changed so much and yet so much has gone unaltered.
I'm glad I finally read this book. I truly did enjoy it in all of its nastiness and morbidity. I would read it again.
"He is more myself than I am. Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same. " Easily became one of my favorite quotes of all time. Along with: "If he loved with all the powers in his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years, as I could in a day." Such a deep, unwavering love. Profound. I think this is why I was still able to like Heathcliff in spite of his horrible and nasty personality and Catherine, in spite of her fickleness and brattiness.
I enjoy reading books from this time because I like imagining life then. It is amazing how people have always been fickle about love and companionship. Time has changed so much and yet so much has gone unaltered.
I'm glad I finally read this book. I truly did enjoy it in all of its nastiness and morbidity. I would read it again.
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
orgil semuanya except nelly (and mr lockwood, tp emang gatau sih dia sbnrnya ngapain dah di situ)
3,5
Personaggi incredibili, stile e atmosfera molto evocativi. Alcuni alti e bassi nel ritmo della trama, ma nel complesso un'ottima lettura, sono contenta di averlo finalmente recuperato
Personaggi incredibili, stile e atmosfera molto evocativi. Alcuni alti e bassi nel ritmo della trama, ma nel complesso un'ottima lettura, sono contenta di averlo finalmente recuperato
slow-paced
Dünya klasiklerinden birine çok kötü bir kitap demek istemezdim ama gerçekten çok kötüydü. Okuması çok zordu, iki ayda bitirebildim.
Made it past the first "arc" (about 50%) and just realized I hate all these characters and I would much rather spend my time reading something I enjoyed more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Racism
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
“I wish I were out of doors! I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them! Why am I so changed? why does my blood rush into a hell of tumult at a few words? I’m sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.”
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
“I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
“He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.”
“Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”
“Your cold blood cannot be worked into a fever: your veins are full of ice-water; but mine are boiling, and the sight of such chillness makes them dance.”
“The thing that irks me most is this shattered prison, after all. I’m tired of being enclosed here. I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.”
“The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.”
“You said I killed you – haunt me then. The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe – I know that ghosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always –take any form –drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
“I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
“He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.”
“Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”
“Your cold blood cannot be worked into a fever: your veins are full of ice-water; but mine are boiling, and the sight of such chillness makes them dance.”
“The thing that irks me most is this shattered prison, after all. I’m tired of being enclosed here. I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.”
“The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.”
“You said I killed you – haunt me then. The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe – I know that ghosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always –take any form –drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”
“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”